Ritchie Blackmore

Artist:  Ritchie Blackmore
Birth Name:  Richard Hugh Blackmore
Born:  April 14, 1945.  Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England
Genre:  Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Blues Rock, Progressive Rock, Folk Rock
Occupation:  Musician, Songwriter
Instruments:  Guitar, Mandolin

Ritchie Blackmore is an English Guitarist and Songwriter, who began his career as a session musician as a member of the instrumental band The Outlaws and as a backing musician of Pop Singers such as Screaming Lord Sutch, Neil Chritstian, Heinz and Glenda Collins, and he became a founding member of Deep Purple in 1968.  In 1975, he formed band called Rainbow and in 1997, he formed the traditional Folk Rock project Blackmore's Night with his girlfriend Candice Night.

Title:  The Ritchie Blackmore Story (Box Set:  2 CD+2 DVD) (2015)
Genre:  Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Blues Rock, Progressive Rock, Folk Rock
Label:  Eagle Rock
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

Disc 1:  CD  Live In Japan 1984:

 1.  Intro  (1:49)
 2.  Spotlight Kid  (4:47)
 3.  Miss Mistreated  (4:32)
 4.  I Surrender  (3:57)
 5.  Can't Happen Here  (3:57)
 6.  Catch The Rainbow  (6:44)
 7.  Power  (4:01)
 8.  Keyboard Solo  (4:24)
 9.  Street Of Dreams  (4:43)
10. Fool For The Night  (3:58)
11. Difficult To Cure (Beethoven's Ninth) (3:39)
12. Guitar Solo  (3:39)
13. Drum Solo  (4:55)

Disc 2:  CD Live In Japan 1984:

 1.  Blues  (3:17)
 2.  Stranded (Inc. Hey Joe)  (8:02)
 3.  Death Alley Driver  (5:10)
 4.  Fire Dance  (4:48)
 5.  Maybe Next Time  (1:44)
 6.  All Night Long (Inc. Woman From Tokyo) (9:07)
 7.  Lazy  (1:32)
 8.  Since You've Been Gone  (1:20)
 9.  Smoke On The Water  (4:43)

Disc 3:  DVD Live In Japan 1984:


 1.  Intro  (1:49)
 2.  Spotlight Kid  (4:47)
 3.  Miss Mistreated  (4:32)
 4.  I Surrender  (3:57)
 5.  Can't Happen Here  (3:57)
 6.  Catch The Rainbow  (6:44)
 7.  Power  (4:01)
 8.  Keyboard Solo  (4:24)
 9.  Street Of Dreams  (4:43)
10. Fool For The Night  (3:58)
11. Difficult To Cure (Beethoven's Ninth) (3:39)
12. Guitar Solo  (3:39)
13. Drum Solo  (4:55)
14. Blues  (3:17)
15. Stranded (Inc. Hey Joe)  (8:02)
16. Death Alley Driver  (5:10)
17. Fire Dance  (4:48)
18. Maybe Next Time  (1:44)
19. All Night Long (Inc. Woman From Tokyo) (9:07)
20. Lazy  (1:32)
21. Since You've Been Gone  (1:20)
22. Smoke On The Water  (4:43) 

Personnel:

Ritchie Blackmore:  Guitar
Roger Glover:  Bass
Joe Lynn Turner:  Vocals
David Rosenthal:  Keyboards
Chuck Burgi:  Drums

Disc 4:  DVD

The Ritchie Blackmore Story

The Ritchie Blackmore Story is the collection series album by Ritchie Blackmore, was released on November 20, 2015 by Eagle Rock.  In Box Set with 2 CD+2 DVD, recorded live at Budokan in Tokyo of the band's Japanese Tour in 1984.